There's actually a big push for soccer going on in Canada right now. The Canadian Premier League is ramping up and recently announced a bunch of teams. Soccer Canada is rolling out new guidelines across the country. Between that and stars from Europe coming over to the MLS and boosting interest, things are definitely looking up for the future of Canadian soccer.

I've lived in various places across the world that have hosted a world cup, yet never during time the WC was actually held. As a result I have yet to visit a WC game. The mental voyage from 'fuck yeah!, finally' to .. 'god damn, I'll be in my 50's' was a painful one.

You're absolutely right. I know a lot of people are seeing the 3 nation bid as a huge bribe and perhaps very corrupt (which it might be) but at the same time, we've see how quickly these large stadiums are abandoned after events like the World Cup and the Olympics. For now it just makes sense to have it in North America given the current stadiums and such.

I'm pretty sure that every wc is tied to corruption because the last round of the decision can be seen as a prestige battle between the competing countries and they want to show the world how easy they can handls the wc and how they are more fit for it than the competition.

Agreed. I'm not English but given England's contribution to football via the game itself and the Premier League it's mind-boggling how they didn't get it. England is accessible to so many countries by budget airlines and by sea with all those stadiums etc. Would actually love to see a World Cup in England, I could probably finally go experience it for once.

I dunno how severe it is nowadays, but those two countries do actually have a minor border dispute which might hinder that sort of thing. Ceuta, Melilla, and the various Plazas de Soberania are Spanish exclaves on the Moroccan north coast that Morocco claims sovereignty over

E: thanks everyone for the kind words. I still haven’t told anyone IRL so this last hour replying to comments has both hurt my heart and been very good to actually tell other people about and finally say it out loud.

She left me last month, nothing angry just she doesn’t feel the same way anymore. And I absolutely do not want to cancel and she does not really want to either since we haven’t been on a vaca in a few years and don’t want to lose out on everything we’ve already paid for.

This happened to a friend of mine. And then he got gaslit for being a tad upset about it. I think at that point they weren't broken up, actually she did that to get rid of him IIRC.
He ended up sleeping on the floor of some friends [this was at Fest].

He's happily married now, got a cute kid and a second on the way. Her eyebrows get progressively bigger, and wider. Soon to swallow up her whole face.

His family pictures contrast nicely with her occasional rant about how rude people are that stare, puzzled at the state of her.

There is no reason to live alone until you die. You had a seven year relationship, that's pretty special in itself. Someone did care about you and love you enough to be with you for seven years. Don't discredit how awesome that is, use it as a reminder that it's possible for someone to care about you that much, and that you can find it again and with someone who will love you for even longer.

The best thing you can do between then and now is to be happy being yourself and being who you are. If you go into that trip not caring how it turns out because you know that you'll be happy, single or not, the trip will be better.

Also watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall, because it's awesome and relevant.

Is there no way to get out of it? Even if things are booked fully, like hotels and flights I'd pay the extra to get another room and different seat because it's not going to be a fun trip if you're hanging out with them the whole time

We didn’t leave really on angry terms so I’m hoping it won’t be that bad. And I could just cancel but I’d be out over a grand and I’m so sick of work I need to leave for at least a week before i angrily quit my job one day. Idk we’ll see

Sunk cost fallacy. Tickets and accomodation were paid for. We considered not going, but saying no to a summer month in Spain is hard.

While we had a good time at first, she went thinking she was going win me back during the trip. I went thinking it would be a nice last memory together before we headed our separate ways. Eventually, she realized it was not going to be a rebound trip, and the threats and accusations started.

Ultimately, I share part of the blame for taking her at her word that we were through when all the red flags were there from the start. That she more or less tried to weaponize sex didn't really help me think clearly either. Made me realize that sometimes the right answer to freely offered sex must be no, even when she's totally into it and swears she just wants casual fun.

Lol reminds me of one ex. Dated for 3 years. Broke up for a year and then the texts started. She wanted to “just have some fun”. We did that for 6 months, off and on, and then when I start dating other people she says “but I only did that so that we could get back together!!”

he can easily lose in the next election but be elected later after we've had a disasterous next president and people say "damn, it was actually better with trump" (I think this can still be classified in your "things have gotten much much worse" category though).

I wrote out a big long "what if" administration list, from President Joe all the way down the order of succession, but it was too depressing so I deleted it and wrote this 'don't laugh, it might happen' post instead.

I remember when Trump announced his candidacy, and the top post of r/Jokes was something like "President Donald Trump". I can't find it anymore, but it would be super interesting to see what people were saying.

It's like Greek mythology. Princess Casandra was blessed with foresight, but punished with a severe lack of credibility. No matter the extent to which she tried to warn about impending disaster, no one would believe her.

Cassandra was hitting it off with Apollo, and in exchange for her ‘favour’, Apollo granted Cassandra the power of prophecy. However, Cassandra then turned her back on Apollo, ditching him and keeping her new powers. Now, the Greek Gods could give powers to humans but not revoke them. So, Apollo cursed her so that none would ever believe her prophecies. This, of course, became pretty problematic when her city was at war the the Greeks and a giant wooden horse pulled up outside the walls.

It depends. I could see group play and quarters being focused in regions, and semi-finals on are supposed to be in the US.

So for example, one group might be focused in New York/Boston/Toronto/Monteal. Another group might be LA/Phoenix/SF/LV/Mexico City. There's still room for the American South and PNW + Edmonton or Vancouver.

Do you know if any games are scheduled at the azteca stadium in Mexico city? I would have to assume so cause it's Mexico's biggest stadium. However it is at over 7,000 ft elevation and the altitude famously fucks non-mexican teams.

It already quite a famous world cup venue, that's where the hand of God took place as well in the same match Maradona ran around the whole England from about 60 yards out and scored one of the greatest goals of all time

The BC provincial government decided not to back the bid. They cited the requirements by FIFA being too vague and lacking the financial outlining required to move forward. They would have to make too many concessions and basically write a blank cheque.

Yeah I’m fine with the decision the Horgan government made. BC taxpayers don’t need any more unknown amounts of debt strapped on. It sucks, like it really really sucks and having World Cup games in Vancouver would be a dream come true, but it was a rational decision and I’m fine with that.